Armenian Evangelical Emmanuel Church is an

Armenian Evangelical Church The Armenian Evangelical Church () was established on July 1, 1846, by thirty-seven men and three women in Constantinople. History In the 19th century there was an intellectual and spiritual awakening in Constantinople. This awakening and enlig ...

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. The church was established in 1852. However, the current building of the church was erected in 1923 and presently serves as the seat of the Armenian Evangelical congregation in Syria, which is a member of the

Union of the Armenian Evangelical Churches in the Near East The Union of the Armenian Evangelical Churches in the Near East (), abbreviated as UAECNE, is an autonomous body of Armenian Evangelical churches comprising 25 Wiktionary:congregation, congregations throughout Lebanon, Syria, Turkey, Greece, Egyp ...

. Emmanuel Church was damaged after being shelled by rebels on 17 January 2016.Children dead and Armenian Evangelical Church in Aleppo damaged in rocket attacks and bombings in Syria
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Pastors

*Adoor Agha Niziblian (1852-1855) *Rev. Nazar Makanian (1855-1865) *Rev. Sarkis Sarkissian (1865-1890)* *Rev. Garabed Markarian (1865-1890)* *Mr. Kevork Kazanjian (1865-1890)* *Mr. Garabed Adanalian (1865-1890)* *Mr. Krikor Tchoukourian (1865-1890)* *Mr. Karekin Kouyoumjian (1865-1890)* *Rev. Manouk Missirian (1891-1903) *Rev. Stepan Tovmassian (1904-1913) *Rev. Hovhaness Eskijian (1913-1916) *Visiting pastors and preachers (1917-1923) *Rev. Garabed Haroutounian (1922-1931) *Rev. Sisag Manoukian (1931-1932) *Rev. Siragan Agbabian (1932-1952) *Rev. Soghomon Nuyujukian (1950-1959) *Rev. Hovhannes Karjian (1960-1979; asst. 1956-1958) *Rev. Soghomon Kilaghbian (1980-1995) *Visiting pastors and preachers (1995-1997) *Rev. Serop Megerditchian (1997-2015) *Mr. Samuel Tashjian (2016–2019) (*years unknown)

References

External links

AEEC official site
{{Aleppo landmarks Armenian churches in Syria

Emmanuel Immanuel or Emmanuel (, "God swith us"; Koine Greek: ) is a Hebrew name that appears in the Book of Isaiah (7:14) as a sign that God will protect the House of David. The Gospel of Matthew ( Matthew 1:22 –23) interprets this as a prophecy of ...

Armenian Evangelical churches Churches completed in 1923 1852 establishments in the Ottoman Empire